Smart UAV Research Articles

스마트무인기 파워효과 풍동시험 데이터 보정

스마트무인기 파워효과 풍동시험은 2005~2006에 3달여간 항공우주연구원 중형아음속풍동에서 수행되었다. 풍동시험 모델은 정적시험 모델을 활용하였고, 틸트로터 형태의 추진장치를 시험부에 고정하여 파워효과를 모사하였다. 파워효과는 기본적으로 로터가 장착된 시험과 로터가 장착되지 않은 시험의 차로 구해지나, 이 때 두 시험간의 흐름각 차이 및 지지부 간섭량 변화 등을 적절히 보정하여야 한다. Wind tunnel test for Smart UAV power model has been conducted at KARI LSWT for about 3 months. The static model is used for the base plane and the power effect of tilt rotor is simulated by the tilt-rotor test rig installed in the test section. Although the genuine power effect is the difference between power-on and off tests. The existence of struts for power effect test produced unwanted form of interference and caused the change in flow angularity. To precisely evaluate power effect, a special approach is applied to Smart UAV test.

GKN Aerospace to provide Korean “Smart UAV” fuel system

GKN Aerospace to provide Korean “Smart UAV” fuel system

Characteristics of smart composite wing with SMA actuators and optical fiber sensors

This research was performed for the Smart UAV Development program, one of the 21st Century Frontier R&D Programs funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea. The authors also acknowledge the support from the National Research Laboratory (NRL) Program.

회전로터 및 후류 동하중을 고려한 스마트 무인기 천이응답해석

In this study, structural vibration analyses of a smart unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) have been conducted considering dynamic loads generated by rotating rotor and wakes. The present UAV (TR-S5-03) finite element model is constructed as a full three-dimensional configuration with different fuel conditions and tilting angles for helicopter, transition and airplane flight modes. Practical computational procedure for modal transient response analysis (MTRA) is established using general purpose finite element method (FEM) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique. The dynamic loads generated by rotating blades in the transient and forward flight conditions are calculated by unsteady CFD technique with sliding mesh concept. As the results of present study, transient structural displacements and accelerations are presented in detail. In addition, vibration characteristics of structural parts and installed equipments are investigated for different fuel conditions and tilting angles.

Components Map Generation of Gas Turbine Engine Using Genetic Algorithms and Engine Performance Deck Data

In order to estimate the gas turbine engine performance precisely, the component maps containing their own performance characteristics should be used. Because the components map is an engine manufacturer’s propriety obtained from many experimental tests with high cost, they are not provided to the customer generally. Some scaling methods for gas turbine component maps using experimental data or data partially given by engine manufacturers had been proposed in a previous study. Among them the map generation method using experimental data and genetic algorithms had showed the possibility of composing the component maps from some random test data. However not only does this method need more experimental data to obtain more realistic component maps but it also requires some more calculation time to treat the additional random test data by the component map generation program. Moreover some unnecessary test data may introduced to generate inaccuracy in component maps. The map generation method called the system identification method using partially given data from the engine manufacturer (Kong and Ki, 2003, ASME J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, 125, 958–979) can improve the traditional scaling methods by multiplying the scaling factors at design point to off-design point data of the original performance maps, but some reference map data at off-design points should be needed. In this study a component map generation method, which may identify the component map conversely from some calculation results of a performance deck provided by the engine manufacturer using the genetic algorithms, was newly proposed to overcome the previous difficulties. As a demonstration example for this study, the PW206C turbo shaft engine for the tilt rotor type smart unmanned aerial vehicle which has been developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute was used. In order to verify the proposed method, steady-state performance analysis results using the newly generated component maps were compared with them performed by the Estimated Engine Performance Program deck provided by the engine manufacturer. The performance results using the identified maps were also compared with them using the traditional scaling method. In this investigation, it was found that the newly proposed map generation method would be more effective than the traditional scaling method and the methods explained above.

Auto-Landing Guidance System Design for Smart UAV

This paper deals with auto-landing guidance system design applicable to Smart UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The proposed guidance law generates horizontal position, velocity and altitude commands in the longitudinal channel and heading angle command in the lateral channel to track a predetermined trajectory for automatic landing. The longitudinal guidance commands are derived from an approximated dynamic equations in vertical plane. These longitudinal guidance commands are appropriately distributed to each control input as the flight mode of Smart UAV is changed. The concept of VOR(VHF Omni-directional Range) guidance system is applied to generate the required heading angle commands to eliminate the lateral deviation from the desired trajectory. The performance of the proposed guidance system for Smart UAV is evaluated using the nonlinear simulation. Simulation results show that the proposed guidance system for auto- landing provides good tracking performance along the predetermined landing trajectory.

Fuel system design of the smart UAV considering operational reliability

PurposeTo set‐up a specific design procedure for the smart unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fuel supply system which has been developed by Korean Aerospace Research Institute, and to design it preliminarily with the fuel system requirement and target reliabilities.Design/methodology/approachThe fuel system layout and fuel tank were determined through consideration of total fuel volume, fuel flow rate, reliability, weight, centre of gravity, etc. In sizing of components such as booster pumps, jet pumps, piping system, vent subsystem, refuelling and defuelling subsystem, engine fuel flow requirement, pressure loss, component failure rate, weight and centre of gravity were considered. Finally, the reliability analysis of the preliminary designed fuel system was carried out.FindingsAccording to the reliability analysis and weight estimation results, it was confirmed that the proposed fuel system agreed well with the design specifications and target reliabilities required by the vehicle system.Research limitations/implicationsIn current preliminary design phase, the most important consideration is the reliability of the fuel system. Therefore, the weight estimation of the designed fuel system to meet this reliability requirement could not meet partially the system's requirements. In the next design step, the proper fuel system for weight reduction will be performed through an optimization process between weight and reliability.Originality/valueA specific design procedure components' sizing to meet system requirement target reliability for UAV vertical take‐off/landing was proposed.

Obstacle Awareness and Collision Avoidance Radar Sensor System for Smart UAV

In this paper, the critical requirement for obstacle awareness and avoidance is assessed with the compliance of the equivalent level of safety regulation, and then the collision avoidance sensor system is presented with the key design parameters for the requirement of the smart unmanned aerial vehicle in low-altitude flight. Based on the assessment of various sensors, small-sized radar sensor is selected for the suitable candidate due to the real-time range and range-rate acquisition capability of the stationary and moving aircraft even under all-weather environments. Through the performance analysis for the system requirement, the conceptual design result of radar sensor model is proposed with the range detection probability and collision avoidance mode is established based on the time-to-collision, which is analyzed by collision scenario.

스마트무인기 프롭로터 공력설계

본 연구에서는 틸트로터 항공기 개념을 채택하고 있는 스마트무인기의 프롭로터 공력형상 설계를 수행하였다. 틸트로터 항공기의 프롭로터는 단일 형상의 로터가 회전익과 고정익의 두 가지의 비행모드에서 운용되어야 하므로 회전익으로서의 로터와 고정익으로서의 프로펠러 요구 성능을 동시에 만족할 수 있도록 형상 설계가 이루어 져야 한다. 프롭로터의 공력형상 설계는 로터의 성능, 비행체의 공력성능, 그리고 엔진의 성능데이터를 결합하여 이루어 졌다. 모멘텀-깃요소 이론에 바탕을 둔 로터의 성능해석코드에 대한 검증은 TRAM 데이터와의 비교를 통해 이루어 졌다. 프롭로터의 공력형상 설계는 틸트로터 항공기의 고정익과 회전익 성능을 동시에 만족할 수 있는 형상을 구현하기 위하여 다양한 형태의 성능 맵이 작성되었고, 이들 선도 위에서 최적의 성능이 구현될 수 있는 성능 및 형상 파라메타가 결정되도록 하였다. The aerodynamic design of a proprotor for the Smart UAV adopting tiltrotor aircraft concept is conducted in this study. Since proprotor of tiltrotor aircraft is operated at both rotary and fixed wing mode with single configuration rotor, the proprotor has to be designed to meet performance requirements for both flight modes. The aerodynamic design of proprotor is accomplished by combining three sources of data - the proprotor performance data, the aerodynamic data of vehicle, and the performance data of engine. The performance analysis code for proprotor is based on the combined momentum and blade element theory and validated by comparison with the TRAM data. In order to design configuration for a proprotor satisfying requirements for both rotary and fixed wing mode, various kind of performance maps are constructed for many performance and configuration parameters. From the analysis the twist angle of 38 degrees and the solidity of 0.118 are decided to be the optimal geometric parameters for both operating conditions.

스마트무인기 플래퍼론 공력설계

틸트로터 비행체 개념인 스마트무인기는 수직이착륙, 장기체공, 그리고 고속비행성능을 동시에 요구한다. 이와 같은 세 가지의 상반된 비행체 성능의 구현을 위해서는 비행모드별로 최적의 공력성능을 갖도록 하는 플랩시스템의 운용이 불가피하다. 스마트무인기의 플래퍼론을 설계하는데 있어서 다양한 후보 형상을 생성하고, 이들 형상에 대해 전산유동해석을 수행하여 각 형상에 대한 공력성능을 분석하였다. 이와 같은 공력성능과 실제형상의 구조적인 단순성을 고려하여 스마트무인기의 최종 플래퍼론 형상을 선정하였으며, 40% 축소모델에 대한 풍동시험을 통해 선정된 플래퍼론에 대한 성능을 검증하였다. Smart UAV, which adopting tiltrotor aircraft concept, requires vertical take-off and landing, long endurance and high speed capability. These contradictable flight performances are hard to meet unless the operation of flap system which should reveal optimal performance for each flight mode. In order to design SUAV flaperon satisfying the three performance requirements, various configurations are generated and their aerodynamic performances are analyzed using numerical flow computations around flap systems. Considering aerodynamic performance and structural simplicity, a final flap configuration is selected and the performance is validated through the wind tunnel testing for 40% scale model.

ARGON을 이용한 스마트 무인기 비행하중해석

스마트 무인기 비행하중해석을 위해서는 규정과 하중조건을 준비하고, 공기력, 중량 및 구조 모델링을 수행해야 한다. 항공기 비행하중 해석시 공기력은 일반적으로 패널방법을 이용하여 산출하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 하중해석을 위해 In-house 프로그램인 ARGON을 사용하였다. ARGON은 KARI와 TsAGI가 공동 개발한 고정익 항공기 설계 프로그램으로서 비행하중, 지상하중, 플러터 및 응력해석을 지원한다. 본 논문에서는 FAR 23급 항공기인 스마트 무인기의 비행하중해석을 ARGON을 이용하여 수행하였고 그 결과를 제시하였다. For flight loads analysis of Smart UAV, applicable regulations and loads conditions should be prepared in advance, and modeling for aerodynamics, weight, and structure should be performed. Panel method is usually adopted for aircraft loads analysis to obtain aerodynamic loads. In this study, ARGON which is a multidisciplinary fixed wing aircraft design software co-developed by KARI and TsAGI was used for loads analysis. ARGON can be utilized for flutter and stress analysis as well as for flight and ground loads analysis. In this paper, flight loads analysis of Smart UAV which is a FAR 23 category airplane was performed with ARGON and the results were presented.

스마트무인기 콘솔의 설계 및 진동.충격해석

This paper presents a design concept of smart UAV console system and the analysis of its dynamic response to shock and vibration. The console system design is determined by two main elements; the shape design and the mechanical design. The shape design refers to the human engineering aspects according to the military standards for ship borne equipment. The goal of the mechanical design is to provide the required shock and vibration endurance. The endurance of the system is numerically verified by means of Finite Element Method. The results of verification show that six resilient mounts installed on the console allow to sufficiently decrease the influence of the input impact wave on endurance of the system.

틸트로터 허브 동하중을 고려한 복합재 스마트 무인기 진동해석

In this study, structural vibration analyses of a composite smart unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) have been conducted considering dynamic hub-loads of tilt-rotor. Practical computational structural dynamics technique based on the finite element method is applied using MSC/NASTRAN. The present smart UAV(TR-S2) structural model is constructed as full 3D configurations with both the helicopter flight mode and the airplane flight mode. Modal based transient response and frequency response analyses are used to efficiently investigate vibration characteristics of structure and installed electronic equipments. It is typically shown that the helicopter flight mode with the 90-deg tilting angle is the most critical case for the induced vibration of installed electronic equipments in the front.

Shape and vibration control of smart composite structures

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image sizeKeywords: SHAPE MEMORYALLOYS (SMAS)SMA STRIPFIBER OPTIC SENSORSHAPE CONTROLVIBRATION CONTROL

2중으로 다중화된 FBW/ FCS의 다중화 관리

A design methodology of the redundancy management for a duplex FBW flight control system is introduced. A statistical analysis is applied to determine two design parameters in CCM(Cross Channel Monitor), threshold and persistence count. An analytic redundancy, which is implemented using a Kalman filtering algorithm is considered. The application of an analytic redundancy to the FCS design of the smart UAV has several advantages of increasing the aircraft`s survivability and breaking the tie-condition for a duplex FCS. All the redundancy management algorithms are verified through the numeric simulation for the flight dynamics of the XV-15 tilt rotor.

Effects of Shape Memory Alloys on Structural Modification

This research was performed for the Smart UAV Development program, one of the 21st Century Frontier R&D Programs funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea.

플랩이 있는 무인기 전운동 카나드의 동적공탄성 특성

In this study, dynamic aeroelastic analyses of the canard with oscillating flap are conducted considering the effect of aerodynamic compressibility. The canard model considered herein is an all-movable type with a pitching axis on a canard-rotor-wing aircraft which was considered as one of the major UAV candidates under developing in Korea. The equivalent structural model is constructed based on the initial design data by the Korea smart UAV development center. Both the frequency and the time-domain aeroelastic analyses have been applied to practically conduct parametric studies on the effects of equivalent torsional stiffness. In the case of all-movable control surface with oscillating flap, the equivalent rotational stiffness of the pitch axes are important design parameters. The parametric results for the aeroelastic instability are practically presented.

스마트무인기기술개발사업의 추진 현황 및 향후 계획

스마트무인기기술개발사업의 추진 현황 및 향후 계획